[erlang-questions] [Q]: Literals in functions

[Kostis Sagonas]

Ladislav Lenart wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have a generated function with no arguments which returns
> a rather complex but constant term.
> 
> Is the compiler "smart enough" to build this structure once
> at compile time and then return it on each invocation or is
> this structure constructed anew upon each invocation?

The native code compiler is (and has been for quite some time now).

The BEAM compiler is slowly getting there...

Kostis